rif
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪf
Verb edit
rif (third-person singular simple present rifs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)
- Alternative letter-case form of RIF
- 1991, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges, Peter J. Frost, Reframing Organizational Culture, →ISBN, page 152:
- This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
- 2003, Byron K. Simerson, Michael D. McCormick, Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job, →ISBN:
- If an employee is not given concrete and objective reasons for being riffed, it may be assumed the decision, "must have been discrimination" due to race, sex, age, ethnic background, or other wrongful basis.
- 2014, Murray Farish, Inappropriate Behavior: Stories, →ISBN, page 151:
- People are being riffed at her company, too.
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Etymology edit
From Dutch rif, Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
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Noun edit
rif (plural riwwe)
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif (literally “rib”), from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
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Noun edit
rif n (plural riffen, diminutive rifje n)
- reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
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Descendants edit
Noun edit
rif n (plural reven, diminutive rifje n)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rif n (genitive singular rifs, nominative plural rif)
Declension edit
declension of rif
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- (rib): rifbein
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse rif, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Noun edit
rif n
Declension edit
Declension of rif (strong ja-stem)
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Somali edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic *rif-. Cognates include Oromo rifuu.
Verb edit
rif
References edit
- “rif” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rif
- Soft mutation of rhif.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhif | rif | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |